Obituaries
British actress Diana Rigg, who became a 1960s style icon as secret agent Emma Peel on “The Avengers” and later starred on “Game of Thrones,” has died.
Sept. 10, 2020
Television
From “The Avengers” to “Game of Thrones,” Dame Diana Rigg, who died Thursday at 82, never played the fool. And she never overplayed anything at all.
Entertainment & Arts
L.A. Times readers appreciate Diana Rigg’s ‘Avengers’ days and have thoughts on all the Trump books, the Kardashians TV exit and the Oscars’ new inclusive best picture rules.
Sept. 17, 2020
Movies
Writer-director Edgar Wright and star Thomasin McKenzie discuss Diana Rigg’s casting and connection to 1960s London, a key setting in the horror-thriller.
Aug. 26, 2021
Actress Diana Rigg will be the host of the PBS series “Mystery!”
June 27, 1989
Vincent Price, the master emeritus of stylish menace, is stepping down as host of the long-running PBS series “Mystery.”
Aug. 1, 1989
Hordes of teenage girls growing up in the late 1960s wanted to be Emma Peel, the sexy, funny, brilliant and almost always jumpsuit-clad character in the popular series “The Avengers.”
March 6, 1999
Diana Rigg’s psychopathic mom in “Mother Love” (on PBS’ “Mystery!”
Oct. 25, 1990
“The Avengers,” a British series that ran on ABC from 1966 to 1969, resurfaces in all its suave and satirical grandeur today on cable’s Arts & Entertainment network.
Oct. 1, 1990